Sansa e200, c100 Mp3 players
From IT News comes the announcement that Sansa has released their new range of MP3 players.
The Sansa e200 series features a slim new design and a 1.8-inch (4.572 cm) TFT color screen (QCIF+) along with high-quality audio, photo viewing and video playback capabilities. It offers a capacity of 6 GB that holds more than 1,400 MP3 songs. It is also available in 2 GB and 4 GB models. Its large color screen is ideal for easily viewing playlists, photos and personal videos.
The more budget model is the c100 series:
The Sansa c100 series is for the value-conscious consumer who wants a high-quality, large capacity music player with a color screen. The player is available in 1 GB and 2 GB capacities. The 1.21-inch (3.07 cm) color screen can be used to view thumbnail-size digital images such as album art or create a slideshow with music.
When I investigated MP3 players before Christmas looking for a gift for a friend, I was very impressed with the Sandisk range which was one of the few that genuinely offered a budget player with decent functions. My reports from said friend have revealed no major glitches with the player since then. The new players are obviously designed to steal some of the market share of the Nano. The e200 model has the same price structure as the Nano but includes an FM tuner, the ability to play windows media files and an expansion slot. The c100 offers a 2GB model which is cheaper than the same model on the Nano and again has a better feature set. Remains to be seen whether these compete on performance, but Sandisk seems to be in the right ballpark to compete significantly.